According to weather website El Dorado, out of the 15 places that have received most rainfall across the globe in the last 24 hours, eight are in India. Only two months back, the same weather listing source had counted four places in India among the world’s hottest 15 places.

Four more people died due to the flood in Assam on Monday, taking the toll to 86 this season. The overall situation, however, improved, with the water level in all the 17 affected districts showing a receding trend, the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) said.

Within two years after being compared with Goddess Durga, Indira Gandhi's popularity was declining fast. In 1973 began of an opposition wave that saw Indira Gandhi invoking National Emergency in June 1975.

Donald Trump scoffed when questioned about a photo of himself with his accuser, E Jean Carroll, which New York magazine published on its website along with Carroll's description of the alleged assault by Trump.